Wender·Vista
Enfield Shaker Museum
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileNew Hampshire
on the east shore of Mascoma Lake

Enfield Shaker Museum

— — a granite house six stories tall, and the people gone.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.
— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand
— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines
— Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall
— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround
— a note from the studio

“Chosen Vale, the Shakers called it. A small village on Mascoma Lake in western New Hampshire, gathered in 1793, dissolved in 1923. The Great Stone Dwelling still stands on Route 4A, a six-story block of split granite that once held nearly 150 brothers and sisters. The water across the road is the same water they drew from. The hills behind are the same hills. from the studio

from the studio
Enfield Shaker Museum
— bring it home

Enfield Shaker Museum, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?
One tile — square or rectangle.
How big?
the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand
6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb
Surface finish
A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.
How it sits
A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.
$58
Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.
— size
6 × 6 in
15 cm
— weighs
1.6 lb
solid in the hand
— surface
ceramic, hand-finished
art rests beneath a thin glossy finish
— from
Knoxville, TN
our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies
— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about Enfield Shaker Museum

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.
— the place

Enfield Shaker Museum sits on Route 4A in Enfield, New Hampshire, on the east shore of Mascoma Lake in Grafton County. The Chosen Vale community was gathered in 1793 and was the ninth of nineteen Shaker villages established in the United States. At its peak in the 1840s the village held about 330 members across three families. The community closed in 1923, and the surviving buildings became a museum in 1986, holding roughly thirteen original Shaker structures on the lakefront site.

— the stone

The Great Stone Dwelling, raised between 1837 and 1841, is the largest dwelling house the Shakers ever built. Six stories of split granite quarried from a hillside about a mile away, hauled by ox team and dressed on site by Ammi B. Young, a New Hampshire architect later responsible for the U.S. Custom House in Boston. The building held kitchens, dining rooms, and sleeping quarters for nearly 150 brothers and sisters under one roof, separated by stair and corridor.

— the silence

The Enfield Shakers were celibate, communal, and known for their singing. By 1923 only ten members remained, and the community was closed and the land sold to the La Salette Missionaries, who held it until 1985. The museum reopened the dwelling in 1986. Today the village holds about thirteen original buildings on the Mascoma shore, including the 1854 Cow Barn and the 1849 Laundry-Dairy. The grounds are quiet now, the trade work survives in the collection and in summer demonstrations.

— where
United States · Enfield, Grafton County, New Hampshire
— position
43.6256° N · 72.1339° E
— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.
at the lake
Mascoma Lake
lake
18 km NW
Dartmouth College
campus
30 km SE
Mount Cardigan
summit
N
Enfield Shaker Museum
Mascoma Lake
Dartmouth College
Mount Cardigan
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Enfield Shaker Museum — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

A historic site on Mascoma Lake in Enfield, New Hampshire, preserving the Chosen Vale Shaker village. Roughly thirteen original Shaker buildings survive on Route 4A, including the Great Stone Dwelling.

The Enfield Shakers gathered in 1793 as the ninth of nineteen Shaker villages in the United States. The community dissolved in 1923 when only ten members remained on site.

A six-story granite dwelling raised between 1837 and 1841, the largest the Shakers ever built. It held nearly 150 brothers and sisters and was designed by architect Ammi B. Young.

Ammi B. Young, a New Hampshire architect who later designed the U.S. Custom House in Boston and dozens of federal buildings as Supervising Architect of the Treasury.

On Route 4A in Enfield, Grafton County, New Hampshire, on the east shore of Mascoma Lake. The site is about thirteen miles southeast of Hanover and Dartmouth College.

Yes. The museum opens seasonally with self-guided tours of the Great Stone Dwelling, the Laundry-Dairy, and other restored buildings, plus craft demonstrations, lectures, and overnight stays in the dwelling.

— about the piece in your home

Yes. The Chosen Vale site is one of the most intact Shaker villages in the country. A Small or Medium with a handwritten note from the studio reads well for anyone tied to Enfield, Canterbury, or the wider Shaker story.

The granite tones and quiet palette settle into Shaker-plain, New England farmhouse, and minimalist interiors. It also holds its own against jewel-tone maximalist rooms that need a single grounded piece.

Yes. The piece reads alongside Japandi and Shaker-revival rooms, where unornamented wood, plaster, and stone are the lead materials. A Medium suits a console in a hallway or reading nook.

Above a console table, a single Large reads well. Above a standard sofa, a four-tile Mural or a nine-tile Mural carries the wall. The Medium is the gallery-wall workhorse.

Yes, in the Dura Satin or Matte finish. Both are scratch-resistant and stand up to steam and splash on a backsplash or shower wall. The Glossy finish is for dry walls and framed pieces.

A microfibre cloth and water. The colour is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, so it cannot wipe off. Skip abrasives and ammonia-heavy cleaners.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is painted by the studio and produced in-house in Knoxville, Tennessee. No licensing, no third-party prints, one eye behind the catalogue.

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